Show It Looks Like a Horse Race Raco Political strategists of both bath parties have blandly announced that Its It's all over but the counting of votes votes that that their presidential candidates are dead mortal cinches That Is the traditional ona attitude of the professionals at this stage of the game and no noone noone noone one with any knowledge of American politics believes for a moment mo mop ment In Its sincerity For Por as Senator Lodge a top Eisenhower man map has frankly said the Stevenson Stevenson contest Is strictly strict i ly a U horse ra race e. e Both parties w will l conduct what Is known wn a as scared that campaigns campaigns that Is campaigns I In which they know the Issue Is very much hi In doubt and It tt Is necessary to painstakingly seek every possible vote It was Inevitable that the first task undertaken by each c can n. Cl was to attempt to heal the deep party schisms that tha-t were created in Chicago General EIsen Eisenhower ower has consulted at length with leading Taft backers and seems to have won their willing support Governor Stevenson has done one the same thing with the embittered supporters of of Ke Kefauver auver Russell Bussell end nd The top men know that In both cases a 3 very high degree of arfy unity is the die number one requirement It Is IA universally believed that tha the two candidates will personally per cond conduct ot hl high level i and very dignified campaigns as pol poi JUc ideal l campaigns go The sl slugging and the dirty fighting If It any lany will occur at the lower levels Judged by their backgrounds careers ca tn- ree Ha sand Kand charac characters rs neither er General ener l Eisenhower nor G Governor vernor Stevenson seem the sort who could lower themselves to ranting and name If It this Is true It tt will certainly be an Important service to national unity in n Itself Governor Stevenson's most difficult t task sk It Is now evident has ihas been ito disassociate himself from President t Truman The president had hard planned to make one ne of his hi's driving Whistle stop whistle stop campaigns on behalf of ot othis his party's candidate it lit is reliably y reported re reo ported that this Is the last thing Governor Stevenson wants Th There re reIs is great significance in the fact that the governor Insisted on moving headquarters from Washington to do Springfield He lIe means to be his own man not man not the presidents president's or anybody ody The Eisenhower campaign got got started when the general spoke at the Veteran of Foreign Wars encampment at Los Ange Ange- les The general made an appealing brief bt et and sincere In which he offered a ten point program to Ito create reate urn Ian America closer clos er to our hearts' hearts desire Ills His points Included To increase Amer Americas America's Amer- Amer ica's Iras spiritual creative and material strength to win a Just lust and lasting i peace ea e to b build a n prosperity not Da based ed on war to Ito protect th the earnings of the people from taxes Inflation and to Insure that those who serve In govern government ent are Americans of loyalty and dedication Such goals he said are all within our reach Afterwards the general was vas given a medal by the And his manner manneL t t. acceptance cast te light on OR l his ls r character ter and way yaY of thinking thInkIng thInkIng-he he accepted It c li ih he rile said sard not for himself but butas butas butas as a representative of all aU soldiers and com comrades ades |